Donglai war, for the current situation is not optimistic, the management knows this truth, and although he is skeptical of these people, but he still boldly goes, a very important point is because Xuzhou suppressed bandits, Houqian is to withdraw to Muping, and hid in Kunyu Mountain, this is to escape a catastrophe, so they are still very likely to find Houqian on this trip, after all, Houqian is likely to have a hiding place in Kunyu Mountain.

But in the same way, Yan Rou can't be unlikeable, but why did he give up continuing the encirclement and suppression after Houqian hid in Kunyu Mountain, the reason for this is worth pondering, either Yan Rou's goal has been achieved, or where the terrain is complicated, Yan Rou did not grasp that finding Houqian, or rashly entering Kunyu Mountain, will bear a certain danger, so he gave up the great opportunity to continue the encirclement and suppression.

Therefore, although Guan Tong decided to go to Muping at this moment, if he found out that Qian really hid in the deep mountains and dense forests like Kunyu Mountain after arriving in Muping, whether he could really make up his mind to search the mountain was a difficult choice, because the problems that Yan Rou encountered at the beginning would also be placed in front of him.

Yan Rou's troops, which are all composed of local natives in Donglai, even such troops have not dared to enter Kunyu Mountain, but it can be seen that the environment of Kunyu Mountain is complicated, even if they recruit local natives as guides, but this or even several local guides can have a better effect with Yan Rou and Yan Rou's Donglai soldiers, obviously not, so the risk will only be greater than Yan Rou at that time, so what choice he will have to make at that time will be a difficult problem.

In fact, Yan Rou's original situation, Liu Lan is clear, not only Yan Rou did not dare to take risks, even Liu Lan, who got the news, also did not have this certainty, how can Kunyu Mountain in this era be compared with later generations, you must know that Yantai in this era is just a small county, and Kunyu Mountain is more like a primeval forest, which has not been developed at all, and there is not even a path in it.

And Houqian's troops were originally Donglaiyi, their existence, almost inseparable from the Shanyue Yi people, is very familiar with Kunyu Mountain, under the absolute advantage of geographical advantages, once the troops rashly enter the mountains, only passively beaten, this situation is very similar to their initial crusade against Shanyue, Zhang Fei suffered a lot for this, and finally had to choose to move forward inch by inch, and familiar with the situation of the mountains and forests, which made their situation in Shanyue better, but this still did not force them out.

Therefore, the situation of dealing with the Shanyue people is not optimistic, the only fortunate thing is that they are under the siege of Zhang Fei, and they will not dare to attack the county in the mountains in a short time, but as far as Liu Lan wants to see the absorption of Shanyue and force them out of the mountains and forests, there is still a long way to go to live in the county.

The situation of Houqian is very similar to Shanyue, so Liu Lan can only ask Yan Rou to temporarily give up going into the mountains to search and suppress, but to deploy on the periphery and do a good job in the defense of the county, once Houqian and these bandits go down the mountain to attack the county, they can force them back.

Taking defense as an offense, this is Liu Lan's instructions, and there is no way to do it, and now Guan Tong is facing his choice back then, but there is one thing that must be faced, that is, if you want to solve the problem by force, it is very easy, but it must be in the plains, in the mountains, don't even think about it.

Unless you close the mountain, but such a huge deployment, Liu Lan has not made it, in Moling, as a result, the Shanyue people have all fled south into Wu County and even Huiji County, and they have pounced. And after your troops are evacuated, they will return, after all, Shanyue is not only a part of Moling, but also Wujun Huiji and even some places that he doesn't know exist, and these Shanyue people have contact with each other, they live in the mountains on weekdays, and they are very familiar with the situation in the mountains and forests, but they don't know anything about Zhang Fei at that time and later Zhang Jaw, the situation on the mountain, so there is no big harvest from several encirclements and suppressions, and the Houqian who hid in Kunyu Mountain, the situation is similar to the tempered Shanyue, so Yan Rou went to search and arrest, it was completely a waste of financial and manpower, and it was Liu Lan who agreed to Yan Rou's suggestion and focused on defense.

But Liu Lan and even Yan Rou have the ability to spend money after all, after all, Kunyu Mountain is not comparable to the deep mountains and old forests in Moling, one mountain after another, as long as the surroundings of Kunyu Mountain are controlled, Houqian will be forced out sooner or later, and then it will be the best time to exterminate them, but Liu Lan and Yan Rou can have such patience, just like besieging a city, knowing that they have no foreign aid and food is insufficient, the besieged city will consume their food and wait for them to open the city and surrender, or take the risk to attack the city, the reason is so simple, the choice is naturally simple.

But if you receive an order that you must fight quickly, then the same city must be taken as soon as possible, so what choice is there but to storm it?

Along the way, the sky soon darkened, and the troops marched towards Muping at almost the same time after entering Huangxian, and there was almost no time to rest along the way, but when the troops thought that the management commander would rush to Muping overnight, they suddenly received an order from the management commander to set up camp.

Guan Tong's order is a little strange, this is less than a few dozen miles out of Huang County, since he plans to rest at night, why not rest in Huang County for a whole night and then leave, but camp in such a wilderness, but Guan Tong naturally has his reason, after Qian can raid Huang County once, maybe he can sneak attack Huang County again, no one can guarantee this, so instead of being scared in Huang County, it is better to camp outside, at least reassuring, do not have to worry about being in your sleep, becoming someone else's prisoner.

In the night, a huge camp was erected, and watching the military tents light up, the commander came down from the high platform and came to his own military tent.

In fact, this high platform is only a foot, and although he was observing the situation in the camp just now, his eyes swept to the surroundings of the wilderness, in those dark depths, he tried to see if he would find something, but unfortunately, there was no gain, which was reasonable, but also unexpected.

If he is the queen money, then the first thing to know about the eastward direction of the Jizhou army is to know well, otherwise how can he make an accurate judgment, after all, now they are in the dark, we are in the light, send some scouts to keep an eye on it, once the fighter appears, they can also deal with it in time and give them a fatal blow.

But it's a pity that he didn't notice anything after observing it, the surroundings were dim, except for the chirping of autumn insects, it was the night breeze that became a little cool, and other than that, there was nothing abnormal at all, not to mention that such a situation might occur in the Houqian bandits.

Back to the camp, the first thing to do is to observe the map, this is his habit, where to go first is to be most familiar with the local geography, perhaps because the map of Yugong has obvious deviation from the topography of this era, but it is still roughly quite, especially he was originally a civil servant, after the difference between Yugong, he will sort out a pair of the latest map he saw.

However, the map he drew is still very detached from the style of Yugong, not to mention Liu Lan's new map, and even the grassland landform that Liu Lan drew with a parchment scroll back then cannot be compared.

There is a difference of 108,000 miles, although the map is far behind, but fortunately, the person who uses it is only in charge after all, he just understands what the situation on the map is, and as for others to understand it, it is the best, and it is not in the way if he can't understand it.

Soon the scouts he sent out came back, and brought dozens of people, after inquiry, I didn't expect that these were captured Jizhou soldiers, they escaped on the way to Muping by force, and they were lucky to meet the scouts, and thus were rescued.

From their mouths, it can be known that Houqian's troops have indeed withdrawn to Muping, and the military camp where they were stationed before, after rescuing them, the scouts found them according to their clues, but unfortunately, although they found the camp tent that had been demolished, it can be determined through the stove pit that the front is the main force of Houqian.

Although it can be confirmed that it is correct, but when he heard the scout's judgment was completely inferred from the stove pit, he still sighed in his heart, after all, this way made Pang Juan die in the battle of Maling that year, although Dongjun was 108,000 miles away from Donglai, but at the moment he heard the stove pit, he just thought of Pang Juan, which was not a good sign, so he immediately asked: "Have you continued to search forward?" ”

The news that Guan Tong hopes to get the most is that it is best to chase Mu Ping directly, so that as long as he can see it with his own eyes, then everything will be clear, whether Houqian is tempting them, or whether he is really deep in Mu Ping, so that he can make a real decision.

Unfortunately, he was a little disappointed by the scout's answer, although they had been chasing and searching, they still had not found the shadow of Hou Qian and his troops, but as the scouts were about to arrive in Muping, he believed that the latest information would come back soon.

Although Muping in Huangxian County is not far away, but it takes three or four days to walk, even if it is to ride a horse, it takes two days to whip a fast horse, this is not a close distance, of course, in the later generations, this distance will arrive in a few hours, but in this era, the tools to go out are only on the premise of livestock and even feet, this speed is really fast.

Guan Tong nodded after listening, he can't be in a hurry, and he doesn't dare to be in a hurry, he can't figure out what the situation is at all, just based on the dozens of people and these Jizhou soldiers who claim to have escaped, he makes a judgment, it's too irrational, he needs to see it with his own eyes, otherwise although he will continue to come to Mu Ping, he will never rush into the army lightly and commit a taboo.

The speed of the money in the future, it should be to Mu Ping now, at least it is very close to Mu Ping, but his scout team is a fast horse, it is actually very easy to catch up with the distance of hundreds of miles, even if he can't catch up halfway, he can also arrive half a day after Hou Qian enters Mu Ping, so he only needs to be patient now, maybe tomorrow when he opens his eyes, the good news will arrive.

Guan Tong still trusts his scout team very much, this team of less than 300 people, but he carefully selected, his brother is an elite person, he will definitely be able to find out the news he wants, of course, as long as Hou Qian dares to enter Mu Ping, he will definitely show clues and give them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Of course, what he is most afraid of now is that he still thinks that all this came too easily, and it was too sudden, first the march route of the money was discovered by more than a dozen people, and the people also came directly to report the news, which is one of the doubts.

The second is the five Jizhou soldiers rescued by the scouts, this is too much of a coincidence, if these two groups of people appear in a single wave, he will not be so suspicious, but almost at the same time, and the spearhead is pointed at Houqian at the same time, is this too much of a coincidence?

Although some words are inconvenient to say, and some details of the escape are not convenient to ask directly, now it is not good news to ask what to ask and what to ask, so he would rather listen to the judgment of the scouts, after all, there are more than 10,000 people in the back money, and they will not go too fast, and when the time comes, it will be confirmed that his thoughts, then these people who have reported the news, the captives who have come down, it will be clear whether they are true or false.

On the contrary, although everything is a bit of the judgment of the chief official, but before there is absolute evidence, he does not dare to make a decision, in case things in this world are so coincidental, then wouldn't he have to resentfully kill good people?

There is a difference of 108,000 miles, although the map is far behind, but fortunately, the person who uses it is only in charge after all, he just understands what the situation on the map is, and as for others to understand it, it is the best, and it is not in the way if he can't understand it.

Soon the scouts he sent out came back, and brought dozens of people, after inquiry, I didn't expect that these were captured Jizhou soldiers, they escaped on the way to Muping by force, and they were lucky to meet the scouts, and thus were rescued.

From their mouths, it can be known that Houqian's troops have indeed withdrawn to Muping, and the military camp where they were stationed before, after rescuing them, the scouts found them according to their clues, but unfortunately, although they found the camp tent that had been demolished, it can be determined through the stove pit that the front is the main force of Houqian.

Although it can be confirmed that it is correct, but when he heard the scout's judgment was completely inferred from the stove pit, he still sighed in his heart, after all, this way made Pang Juan die in the battle of Maling that year, although Dongjun was 108,000 miles away from Donglai, but at the moment he heard the stove pit, he just thought of Pang Juan, which was not a good sign, so he immediately asked: "Have you continued to search forward?" ”

The news that Guan Tong hopes to get the most is that it is best to chase Mu Ping directly, so that as long as he can see it with his own eyes, then everything will be clear, whether Houqian is tempting them, or whether he is really deep in Mu Ping, so that he can make a real decision.